Resetting Lady - Chapter 54

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At this rate, there’s no time. It would be such a waste to spend a whole year just working day and night.

In the ‘original story,’ this would be the time to endure hardships while earning sympathy from Raymond and society’s elite, gradually building love step by step.

Even just doing that would make time fly by, but Raymond is demanding Verdick’s downfall.

‘Honestly, someone like Verdick isn’t really my concern.’

Karen gritted her teeth. Right now, Karen wanted to throw away everything – Raymond, Verdick, the war, the mines, all of it. She didn’t have time to find her own story with so many annoying matters to deal with. Like having to spend time with Isella, like being forced to go down to the circus.

‘I want to quit everything!’

Isn’t there some way?

Karen had to resist the temptation to press a pillow against Isella’s face several times a day. She never knew her patience was this limited.

Unlike Karen, who was desperately enduring each day, Raymond wasn’t very patient. In terms of pages, not even a few had passed, yet Raymond was already pressuring Karen.

“My… it hasn’t been long since you confessed, has it? You’re moving quite fast.”

“Lately, bracelets have been catching my eye more than rings.”

“…”

“Do you like silver bracelets?”

In other words, prove your usefulness.

Raymond smiled. Karen wanted to put a bullet in his face.

“Even if you say that, there’s really nothing I can do right now.”

“Hahaha.”

His expression wasn’t good. Karen gripped her cane handle and leaned back against the carriage. Really troublesome in every way.

“Fine, I’ll show you one useful thing.”

Raymond put his finger to his chin and asked.

“Are you thinking of performing?”

They arrived at Elliot Hall. Karen grabbed Raymond’s hand as she got down and answered. As expected, the stairs were too high.

“Not today.”

I’m really tired.

And Karen fell deeply asleep during the concert. She slept so soundly that she couldn’t wake up until Raymond tapped her after the performance ended.

* * *

“You seem to be in a good mood lately.”

Xenon said as he handed Raymond a magazine. Since the engagement with Isella Evans changed to an engagement with Karen Evans, Raymond’s face had clearly transformed. Xenon felt like he’d seen more of his smiles in recent days than in the past 10 years.

Raymond spent time with Karen every day. There were many places calling for them, and Raymond didn’t refuse anywhere, visiting together with Karen. He seemed restless with wanting to spend time together.

Click.

“That can’t be.”

“It really is.”

But when Karen wasn’t around, he returned to his original self. Xenon thought this was ‘the appearance of a man in love.’ When she wasn’t there, he seemed no different from before, or perhaps even more taciturn.

“When a man falls in love, he becomes an idiot.”

“Xenon, are you trying to say I’m an idiot? If you want to call me little Ray, go ahead.”

“…I was presumptuous.”

“Don’t get all dejected at your age though… Shh.”

Click.

Raymond loaded his gun.

Bang!

Birds flew away making a loud commotion. Thud – the prey fell. It was a large stag. Its antlers were quite magnificent.

“I missed. My skills have deteriorated too.”

“Didn’t you hit it?”

“It wasn’t an instant kill… I just caused unnecessary suffering.”

“It’s going to die from the gunshot anyway, and it’s natural for it to be eaten as meat. Why worry about such things?”

“My skills have definitely declined.”

Raymond muttered. He was focusing on something other than the deer. Xenon could guess the reason.

“This is the first time you’ve met a proper woman, isn’t it? Heh, all those women who clung to you before and Lady Isella were nothing more than games.”

“A proper woman?”

Raymond repeated Xenon’s words.

“I mean Miss Karen.”

“…Haha.”

Raymond turned his head toward Xenon. He stared intently. He smiled with a curious expression. It clearly wasn’t the bright smile he had when with Karen.

“Ah, isn’t that right?”

Did I make a mistake? Xenon broke out in a cold sweat. Xenon found Raymond difficult to read. He had always been a decent superior and a decent noble. But was that really true?

“If you see it that way… then that must be right.”

“I’m sorry.”

“I wasn’t going to get angry. It just means I’m doing well. Her too.”

The two approached the fallen deer. It was still breathing. The large eyes of the panting deer felt somehow burdensome. Xenon drew his knife.

“…It’s still not quite dead.”

“I’ll do it.”

“No, I’ll do it. It’s my mistake.”

“Yes.”

Raymond approached the panting deer and embraced its head. He held the body firmly and whispered.

“Shh… good boy.”

Crack.

Even though a deer of that size would have considerable strength, Raymond broke the deer’s neck without much effort. The beast rolled its eyes back, convulsed throughout its body, then gradually settled.

“The fur and antlers are in quite good condition. The head could be used as decoration.”

Raymond looked at the deer’s antlers and asked Xenon.

“Xenon, is a deer head a good gift?”

“Surely not for Mr. Verdick?”

You’ve already given him so many things, why do you want to add more? Xenon felt like he might vomit thinking of Verdick’s greedy smile. Lately, he had become even more obsessed with food and his personality had grown even nastier. He didn’t want Raymond to bow before him. He wasn’t a man worth it.

“For that person, meat would be sufficient.”

Then surely you’re not going to cut off a deer head for that frail fiancée? Xenon shook his head. As expected, he’s still young and doesn’t know anything.

“…I don’t think so. Fox fur maybe, but not that.”

“But the antlers are this big.”

“It’s not a suitable gift for a young lady. You used to do so well before… like you did with Lady Isella. Just go to a jewelry store and pick the most expensive thing. The most popular design, and if you add flowers, it’ll be perfect.”

Raymond tilted his head. He looked young at that moment, making Xenon smile. His clumsy appearance seemed a bit more human.

“Somehow I feel like that woman would like this kind of thing.”

“…Please don’t do that.”

You’ve been picking good gifts and maintaining proper manners all this time, so why are you doing such strange things with Karen? Is this also a characteristic of a man in love? I wasn’t like this when I was young. Xenon scratched his head.

“You seem to have fallen in love.”

That must be it. So that’s why.

Smiling strangely, whispering to each other… letting her get hurt?

Xenon shook his head and cleared away the stray thoughts. A retainer doesn’t doubt his master. And Raymond had never disappointed him before. There must be a reason for everything.

“Should I send a telegram to the main house? Once you marry, you won’t be staying at the Evans family anymore, will you?”

“Mm… right. That’s how it’ll be as time passes.”

“The Baron is also unwell, so he’ll be looking forward to your marriage.”

“That person? I wonder.”

“You’re brothers after all.”

Raymond awkwardly touched his face. He stroked his chin.

“Oh my, you really have fallen hard. But being decisive is better for women. Making them wait unnecessarily or hesitating isn’t good. Be manly.”

“She likes certainty, you mean.”

“Yes.”

Xenon turned his head, feeling awkward about Raymond’s continued absent-minded state. Oh no, we’ve come too far. The tied horses look too distant. It’ll be troublesome to carry this all the way there.

“But why did you come hunting all the way here? This place is quite far.”

The hunting grounds where they stood were quite far from the Evans Family Estate. Though the deer were plump with summer fat, it wasn’t particularly better compared to the hunting grounds near the estate.

Why did we come here? I thought we’d have some romantic consultation, but Raymond just keeps saying strange things. Tired of reading the mood, Xenon sighed and complained to Raymond.

“We’ll have to walk quite a while to carry this back, it’s really not worth it.”

And just one deer at that. Xenon swallowed his remaining words. For a hunt with Raymond, it was a dismal performance. He woke him up at dawn saying let’s go hunting, but his mind was elsewhere all day.

“…There’s something I need to confirm.”

Raymond held his rifle and continued pacing between the forest and grassland. He seemed to be searching for something, but he wouldn’t say what he was looking for. Xenon wondered why on earth he was here with him. Is this what happens when you fall in love?

“That young lady, you mean? …Huh.”

Xenon held his breath.

At the fishy smell, his first thought was: hit.

But it wasn’t his master who had caught that prey. A red-haired woman lay collapsed. However, neither Xenon nor Raymond approached beyond a certain distance. She was already beyond the point where they could approach and save her. Blood was pooled everywhere, and there was not only a fishy smell but also a nauseating rotten stench.

It’s a corpse.

“Ugh.”

“The smell is terrible. How long do you think it’s been?”

“At least 3 days? We’d have to ask a doctor to be sure, but it couldn’t be less than that.”

“…Right.”

Raymond carefully approached and flipped the woman’s corpse over with his gun barrel.

Squirm.

“J-just now.”

“Calm down, Xenon.”

The woman’s mouth was torn. She was clearly a murdered woman. Her eyeballs were also missing. Her clothes were covered in blood, and her stomach area was sunken in, making the situation beneath her clothes obvious.

Squirm.

The corpse wriggled and opened its mouth wide.

“Wh-what is that?”

A rat squeaked and jumped out of the corpse’s mouth.

Thud.

Raymond picked up a stone and hit the rat. The rat that seemed to have eaten the woman’s tongue screamed its death cry and died. Xenon felt his stomach turn with disgust.

“Xenon, give me the notebook.”

“What on earth is this.”

“Calm down. You’ve always seen this kind of thing.”

“But that was.”

The battlefield. But this isn’t that kind of place. This should be a peaceful place. And most frightening of all.

“…Ah.”

Raymond seemed to have come here knowing there would be a corpse.

Why on earth did the knight before him come to this place, and what did he know?

“Xenon, what did you say earlier?”

“Y-yes?”

“About Miss Karen Evans.”

“Yes, yes.”

Raymond put away his gun. From that action, Xenon realized that Raymond’s reason for coming here was because he had this corpse in mind from the beginning.

But what came out of Raymond’s mouth was an unexpected sound.

“I think I’ve fallen in love.”

“I-I see.”

Raymond continued speaking to Xenon while taking care of the deer.

“So let me make this clear. Don’t approach her.”

His expression was such that Xenon couldn’t possibly joke and ask if he was jealous.

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